Water Authority Stock Launch May Be Delayed
It is unclear if the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority will be ready to launch its initial public offering on Nov 11 as planned, the managing director of Tong Yang Securities, the firm preparing the IPO, said yesterday. “Everyone in this IPO are working very ...
SBI, Royal to create $50m investment fund
Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc announced yesterday that it would launch a $50 million investment fund with The Royal Group to invest in local companies in a wide range of industries. In a statement, SBI Holdings also said that its securities company in Cambodia, SBI ...
CSX trading postponed again until next year
Trading on the Cambodia Securities Exchange will be delayed once again until the beginning of 2012, Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon said yesterday. He blamed an incomplete regulatory regime and the public’s lack of confidence in the stock market as reasons for the delay, ...
ACLEDA, Tong Yang sign MoU
Tong Yang Securities (Cambodia) and ACLEDA Securities yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to partner the services they offer to the Kingdom’s budding financial markets. To expand their footprint in the market, the companies aimed to provide a combination of advisory and underwriting services for companies ...
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Minister directs mock trading; launch unclear
Finance Minister Keat Chhon joined officials of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) yesterday to conduct another day of mock trading of stocks ahead of the still-unknown launch of actual operations at the bourse, which opened in July but has yet to see a single stock ...
Integration of Southeast Asian Stock Exchanges Hits Snag
Just months before stock exchanges in Southeast Asia plan to link up their trading, key players remain divided, with one top bourse official saying the region may be going through a “reality check” on the many hurdles facing further economic integration. The plan for cross-border trading ...
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Exchanges provide windows to economies
Stock market a good choice for long-term investors Stephen Hsu, a native of Taiwan, runs Phnom Penh Securities, one of a dozen underwriters licensed by the SECC to prepare companies for IPOs on the CSX and to engage as an intermediary with the public for trading ...
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Open an account at a securities firm and get ready to trade
CSX chief executive Hong Sok Hour explains how the exchange will function on its first day of trading and into the future. The way to begin trading on the CSX is to open an account with any one of a dozen securities firms which are licensed ...
More companies must list for the CSX to be a success
One of the personalities closely associated with the development of the stock exchange in Cambodia, Morten Kvammen, a director at SBI Royal Securities, says the CSX needs more companies to list in order to be successful. Kvammen, a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and ...
The strange adventure of the Cambodian currency
On the post office square, a beautiful Art Deco building now houses the restaurant Van, an insurance company and the offices of the AFD (French Development Agency). An inquiring mind will not fail to notice on the gates the presence of little medallions with the ...
Cambodians form backbone of securities market
Local stock-exchange staff will be trained by foreign experts Overseas experts will play an important role in the start-up of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), says Larry Ng of Cana Securities. “Foreign investors will lead the CSX and securities market at the beginning because they have the ...
Research differentiates investing in stock exchanges from gambling at the casino
One of the men deeply involved in the development of Cambodia’s financial system, Dr Ghanty Sam, of the Financial Institute of Cambodia, who is also a board member of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, says people should be aware of the downside of ...
Share Price Set for Stock at City Water Authority
Shares of the state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will trade at 6,300 riel, or $1.57, when the firm launches its initial public offering (IPO) on the Cambodian bourse on April 18, PPWSA announced yesterday. The price puts the company at the top of the ...
PPWSA edges closer to IPO
As expected, the book-building phase for Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s initial public offering was significantly oversubscribed, the estimate being 17 times. Interested investors had the opportunity to bid at a price no lower than 4,050 riel a share, and at a maximum of 6,350 riel ...
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The Week at the CSX - Sept 6-12, 2012
The price of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority stock over the Sept 6-12 period fluctuated between KHR 6,350 (US $1.57 and KHR 6,300 (US $1.55). The price on Sept. 6, KHR 6,350 fell to KHR 6,300 (US $1.58) on Sept 7 and remained there ...
The Week at the CSX - Sept 12-19, 2012
The price of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority stock over the Sept 12-19 period remained very stable, falling early on from KHR 6,350 (US $1.57) to KHR 6,300 (US $1.56) where it stayed. Trading volumes over the five days varied from around 4200 to 13,600 ...
Staff Protest Corruption at Telecom Cambodia
The director-general of Telecom Cambodia, one of the country’s most highly regarded state-owned enterprises and a candidate for listing on the stock exchange, has left his post amid an investigation into corruption allegations, the minister of posts and telecommunications said on Thursday. Despite the staff’s ...
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Telecom Cambodia Corruption Investigation Needs Time
The minister of posts and telecommunications yesterday said he needs more time to investigate corruption and mismanagement allegations at state-owned firm Telecom Cambodia before involving other government institutions. Telecom Cambodia director-general Lao Saroeun is officially on sick leave, but staff at the company say they were ...
CSX to increase trade times
THE Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), the recently established bourse with a single player, will increase the number of trade executions from twice to six times a day, a move that will take effect on March 11. A CSX officer and the managing director of a securities ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022861659/Business/csx-to-increase-trade-times.html
Cambodia Takes Aim at the Dominant Dollar
PHNOM PENH—In its home country, the Cambodian riel has long played second fiddle to the U.S. dollar—but a new stock exchange and government de-dollarization policies could bolster it in coming years, policy makers and experts say. Dollars change hands with greater frequency than riel in the ...
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